Definitely not lol but Other then a good game vs the timberwolves Lonnie doesn’t have a tract record like Marco does, I really want Lonnie to play I’m with y’all but teams don’t have to respect Lonnie’s game yet
I think a Murray/Mills/Walker/Lyles/Poeltl unit can be really really good. Not only is Lonnie a better defender than Marco, but him running the break with Dejounte is very intriguing as well and Beli hasn't been shooting well lately anyway. Hope we can get to see that
teams guarding and respecting enelli game isnt gonna translate to wins. Its got them last place in the West. All this stupid mindgames pop is doing is just alienating walker at this point.
garbage time or not -
if pop cannot see the overwhelming physical gifts and talent of lonnie -
and personally make it his mission to take lonnie under his wing and speed up lonnies progress -
then POP really has lost it...
this is only getting more and more absurd. he's a second year player. give him SOME meaningful run. its not like ur team is winning games and he's going to cost you anything. all you're doing is wasting opportunities for legitimate experience and stunting growth unnecessarily
I'll keep watching if Pop plays Lonnie, but this is getting beyond a joke now. I don't understand why he's not getting more court time, or at least already getting some regular rotation minutes.
This team overall wasn't compe ive today. Hopefully Poop has the same kind words with the mirror tonight.
He'd have to put the entire team in the doghouse the way they've shown very little effort on most nights. There's certainly a talent gap between this and former Spurs' teams, but the big thing I see lacking from this group is cohesiveness and heart. There's no real will to win, or hating to lose, however you want to put it. Maybe's today's spoiled millionaires don't care unless they're the star attraction. There's no blue collar effort from this group most nights. Rudy Gay is the closest I've seen to a guy who just comes out and plays hard every night. Rudy's problem is that age is catching up with him. But at this point he's my favorite Spur this season in terms of effort.
The old Spurs hated to lose...this group...meh. Not sure they care.
LMA really did bring his loser culture from Portland
Lonnie did play good defense on harden in the preseason. Hope Pop remembers this...
"Their shots went in... ours didn't." Remind me again which one of the players says that.
I'm not sure the crater-faced old wino really cares anymore. That would explain the players' at udes better than just about anything.
Masterful job by Pop, tbh.These basic Spurs fans are funny.
BSF: Why Pop bench Loonie?
timvp: Because Lonnie was hiding from Kawhi and playing passively on offense.
BSF: Pop's just going to ruin him. Just let him play
timvp: Pop has the best history of any long-tenured coach in NBA history of developing talent, especially draft talent out of the lottery. I trust him to get through to Lonnie.
BSF: He's going to be ruined if Pop doesn't play him right now
timvp: Pop probably knows what he's doing.
A couple weeks later: *Lonnie competing like a mad man on defense, being ultra aggressive on offense*
timvp: Looks like Pop got through to Lonnie. He's defending now and being aggressive on offense.
BSF: What a trash ass take, timvp
Happy Thanksgiving
After hiding from Kawhi, Pop didn't let him play. He let Walker build up his anger. Walker knew the next time, he needed to take advantage of the opportunity and not back down on either side of the court.
Then tonight happens, when Walker is the best player on both ends. If Pop let's Walker off the hook and hide on defense like he did against Kawhi, we don't get games like tonight.
Thanks, Pop. And, more importantly, great job Lonnie
^ What a trash ass take, timvp!
Thanks
Nice sniff.
Lonnie after the game was asked about Pop’s tough love, his answer seemed totally genuine: “there’s no such thing, I welcome criticism because it makes me better.” There’s no need to worry.
Walker seems to have the type of personality where tough love only makes him better. He kinda has the Parker type of confidence to him where he can accept all criticism because at the end of the day his confidence won't get rattled.
Ur smart... But this isn't a smart take....Masterful job by Pop, tbh.
After hiding from Kawhi, Pop didn't let him play. He let Walker build up his anger. Walker knew the next time, he needed to take advantage of the opportunity and not back down on either side of the court.
Then tonight happens, when Walker is the best player on both ends. If Pop let's Walker off the hook and hide on defense like he did against Kawhi, we don't get games like tonight.
Thanks, Pop. And, more importantly, great job Lonnie
Pop benched him indefinitely based on 5 minutes of game time... Do u know Tim Duncan in his prime had five minute stretches of him not playing well on either end? So does EVERY great player...
They don't get benched... But let's say we benched Duncan for games on end... Then finally plays him and he plays well... Ppl like u would attribute him playing well to the benching... While ppl like me say he could do that all the time! U were just overreacting to a bad 5 minutes
I suppose it's a mark of Coach Pop's stature that no matter what kind of crazy chicken stunt he pulls, some will call it genius.
timvp when Lonnie plays bad:
pop is right. He needs to earn time
timvp when Lonnie plays well:
pop is right. He got the best out of him
common denominator:
sniff sniff
Masterful job by Pop, tbh.
After hiding from Kawhi, Pop didn't let him play. He let Walker build up his anger. Walker knew the next time, he needed to take advantage of the opportunity and not back down on either side of the court.
Then tonight happens, when Walker is the best player on both ends. If Pop let's Walker off the hook and hide on defense like he did against Kawhi, we don't get games like tonight.
Thanks, Pop. And, more importantly, great job Lonnie
Pop only goes after players publicly if (1) he knows they're naturally confident (can take it) and (2) he thinks they have a future (they're going to have many chances to defend themselves by their play).
Walker seems to have the type of personality where tough love only makes him better. He kinda has the Parker type of confidence to him where he can accept all criticism because at the end of the day his confidence won't get rattled.
The old saying that you only need to worry when the coach is not yelling at you applies.
No matter how frustrating it has been or how wrong Pop was. Lonnie came in so focused on defense and played smart basketball on offense. This man is ready to compete at his highest potential as of right now. Maybe in the end, Pop knew what he was doing. Lonnie is our next Ginobili!
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